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Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. rallied 4.7% to $52.94 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.9% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.3% to 52,759.21.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. closed 40.0% short of its 52-week high of $88.24, which the company reached on September 19th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as BXP Inc. rose 0.8% to $67.78, Healthpeak Properties Inc. rose 2.1% to $21.20, and Medical Properties Trust Inc. fell 1.92% to $4.08.

Trading volume totaled 2.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.9 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet